The Phoenix (Moony x Rae Remix)

A mid-tempo dark progressive metal anthem built on heavy, syncopated stop-start riffs and moody piano and synth pads, with a female mezzo-soprano who starts close and intimate and builds to a strained, sustained chorus, The chorus opens into ringing chords and layered keys and strings with a slow, singing lead guitar, so the lift feels bittersweet and hard-won rather than bright

[Pre-Chorus]
I hear the old ghosts calling
Wearing crowns made out of doubt
But I've got fire in my ribcage
And I'm done bowing out

[Chorus]
I'm the phoenix
Watch me rise
(watch me rise)
Gold in my lungs
And flame in my eyes
You can't bury
What was born to fly
(watch me fly)
I was not the ending
I was not the night
I'm the phoenix
I'm alive
(I'm alive)

[Verse 2]
I used to soften every edge
So nobody felt the blade
Made myself an easy story
So the room would let me stay
But there's a thunder in my body
There's a kingdom in my name
And I won't keep calling fear love
Just because it knows my face

[Pre-Chorus]
Let the old doors close now
Let the sky turn red
I'm not chasing after echoes
I'm choosing me instead

[Post-Chorus]
Ash to altar
Smoke to crown
I don't need saving
I don't stay down
Ash to altar
Smoke to crown
I lost the girl
But I found her now

[Bridge]
I forgive the hands that trembled
I forgive the girl who ran
She was trying to survive it
With the strength she had back then
But I'm not living in the ruins
I'm not begging for a sign
I am done asking the darkness
For permission to shine

[Build]
Let it burn
Let it break
Let the whole sky know my name
I came back
I came through
I became the flame I knew

[Final Chorus]
I'm the phoenix
Watch me rise
(watch me rise)
Gold in my lungs
And flame in my eyes
You can't bury
What was born to fly
(watch me fly)
I was not the ending
I was not the night
I'm the phoenix
Crowned in fire
Built from the wreckage
Made of desire
I'm not waiting
To be chosen this time
I am the answer
I am the light
I'm the phoenix
I'm alive

[Outro]
Ash to altar
Smoke to crown
I don't need saving
I don't stay down
I'm the phoenix
I'm alive
I'm the phoenix
I rise

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[Verse 1] I used to wait beside the smoke Counting sparks that wouldn't stay Held my breath for borrowed warmth Let the silence have its say I made a home inside the ache Called the ashes holy ground But I was never meant to vanish Just because I burned down [Pre-Chorus] I hear the old ghosts calling Wearing crowns made out of doubt But I've got fire in my ribcage And I'm done bowing out [Chorus] I'm the phoenix Watch me rise (watch me rise) Gold in my lungs And flame in my eyes You can't bury What was born to fly (watch me fly) I was not the ending I was not the night I'm the phoenix I'm alive (I'm alive) [Verse 2] I used to soften every edge So nobody felt the blade Made myself an easy story So the room would let me stay But there's a thunder in my body There's a kingdom in my name And I won't keep calling fear love Just because it knows my face [Pre-Chorus] Let the old doors close now Let the sky turn red I'm not chasing after echoes I'm choosing me instead [Chorus] I'm the phoenix Watch me rise (watch me rise) Gold in my lungs And flame in my eyes You can't bury What was born to fly (watch me fly) I was not the ending I was not the night I'm the phoenix I'm alive (I'm alive) [Post-Chorus] Ash to altar Smoke to crown I don't need saving I don't stay down Ash to altar Smoke to crown I lost the girl But I found her now [Bridge] I forgive the hands that trembled I forgive the girl who ran She was trying to survive it With the strength she had back then But I'm not living in the ruins I'm not begging for a sign I am done asking the darkness For permission to shine [Build] Let it burn Let it break Let the whole sky know my name I came back I came through I became the flame I knew [Final Chorus] I'm the phoenix Watch me rise (watch me rise) Gold in my lungs And flame in my eyes You can't bury What was born to fly (watch me fly) I was not the ending I was not the night I'm the phoenix Crowned in fire Built from the wreckage Made of desire I'm not waiting To be chosen this time I am the answer I am the light I'm the phoenix I'm alive [Outro] Ash to altar Smoke to crown I don't need saving I don't stay down I'm the phoenix I'm alive I'm the phoenix I rise

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